Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-11-27
PROJECTS.
what the southern Pacific In
tends to Do.


Colonel G. f. Croker, who has
lately returned from New York, has
already buckled down to hard work,
and is now engaged in experimenting
tine preliminary work for the numer-
GUS extensions which the Southern
Pacific Company has recently outlined.
In conversation with a Call reporter
yesterday. Colonel Croker spoke very
freely OF the new line which is to open
ND the east side of the San Joaquin
Valley.
at is to be incorporated" he said,
"under the name OF the San Joaquin
and Tulare Railroad, and will run
from point on our main line in the
vicinity of Stockton due east and then
south back TO the main line at Ler o
or Peso. The point of june ion at
either end of the line has not yet been
fixed. and it is not necessary the road
should start from Oakdaie. The IN
coronation, however, will be made
wide enough to cover very large ex-
tent of country, opening NJ most fer
tile section of the state"
FREsNo's DEMANDS.
In reference to the demands of the
Fresnoites that their town should be
made common point, Cot. Crocker
stated that the company had cent
down there Il represe ntative to obtain
right of way. This gentleman at
tended the mass-meeting and had
made known to the people the wish of
the company to obtain right of way in
return for making Fresno a junction
point in connection with the new
east-side line. The answer was, how
ever. that Fresno would grant nothing,
would give no subsidy-would, in
fact. retard the progress OF the work
unless the town was made shipping
point. j..
"a committee was appointed to
wait on us, and when they come we
will learn the nature OF their de-
mands. =
81 am strongly opposed, however,
continued Mr.. Croker, "to taking
subsidies from the counties. We don't
want their money and can build lines
without their assistance, but believe
the Fresno people told our representa-
tive that if their demands were not
granted, and if Fresno is not made a
junction point, they would build line
themselves"
OTHER PROJECTS.
"What other extensions does the
company propose to build in the i'm
mediate future ?" asked the reporter.
ave have also decided to extend
the San Joaquin and Sierra Nevada
Railroad from its present terminus at
Valley Springs into the Sierra foot
bills. as far as the Calayeras Big
Trees. There is rich fruit country
in this district, and the road will I'M
doubleday be profitable feeder. We
are also building line into Lake
County and extending the line from
Single Springs to Placerville."
Us a line to Eureka, Humboldt
County, included in the list of extern
sions 2" asked the reporter.
III have no doubt" Colonel
Croker replied, "that a railroad will
be built into Humboldt County sooner
or later, but as it will prove an ex-
pensive line to build it will have to
stand over for some time, so far as we
are concerned The country is very
rough and precipitons. There are at
least two ranges OF mountains
to cross, and moreover l don't
think the line could be con-
veniently operated in connection with
anv part of our present system. We
have graded about twenty-four miles
OF the Willows and Mendocino road
that is to the foot OF the coast ranges,
hut we have made no surveys further
than that point, believing that there
are other portions of the STATE more
in need of immediate development"
Regarding the Santa Barbara line
Colonel Croker stated that about
fourteen miles of track had been laid
north from Santa Barbara.
owe will keep small force Of men
at work there who will gradually
grade north to the Gaviota Pass. 1t
Is also our intention to put force Of
men to work on the tunnel between
Templeton and San Luis Obispo.
How soon work will be started can
not yet say"
The Officials of the road at this
place state that they had received no
intlmation as to what was to he done.
The graders on the Santa Barbara
line are now only eleven miles from
Gaviota Pass, and will continue at
that work until the pass is reached,
when larger force will be used.
Placing Il roadbed through Gaviota
Pass will be very difficult piece OF
engineering, and will cost enormously.
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